But, I remembered how to get on here and am going to try to be more diligent in making time to write posts because in all honesty, this thing is kind of therapeutic. And Lord knows I need something like that right now (as my mom and boyfriend can attest to) because I am about to begin my final year of college.
This is a scary thing, as any fellow or former seniors can attest to. So many questions are running through my head: will I be able to get a job? How much is an apartment going to be in Pittsburgh? How bad will the commute be? Will I have time this year with all of my responsibilities for school to really prepare for post-grad?
Like I said, scary.
But, as those that I have spoken to about this have been reminding me, I need to focus on what I can control. Things like my grades, how much I am involved in, keeping up with running, and fostering my relationships while I am still regularly around my college friends. I have a habit (one that is both a blessing and a curse) of always wanting to plan ahead. This can be good when it comes to things like budgeting and figuring out when I will see my boyfriend, but bad when I stress out about the things I listed above.
So for now, I will just focus on breathing and enjoying my senior year. After all, it will be over before I know it.
Until next time (hopefully sooner rather than later), thanks for keeping up with me and keep on being your wonderful selves!
Not trying to be preachy, which is sometimes hard for a preacher, but as I read your blog this is what I thought of:
ReplyDeleteMatthew 6:25-34New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Do Not Worry
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,[a] or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?[b] 28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But strive first for the kingdom of God[c] and his[d] righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
I love you,
Dad
Thanks, daddy. Love you.
DeleteGirl, you're golden. Everything will be awesome.
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Girl, you're golden. Everything will be awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd your daddy is right! xo